Growing a Community in Japan With Help From Other Communities

I had the pleasure Monday to meet up with Hive account@steemitjp Hive account@yoshiko Hive account@moromaru in Shinjuku. We were there to brainstorm on how to bring more Japanese users to Steemit, support the community in general and to receive a special gift. That gift was 3000 delegated SP to each of us to help support the Japanese community. The delegation comes from a Korean Steemian whom had previously delegated 10,000 sp to Hive account@steemitjp to do the same thing. My understanding was there are no strings attached other than supporting the Japanese community. The length of the delegation is open-ended and I will do my best to honor it, starting with not upvoting my own posts anymore.

I am still working out exactly how to use the SP, but generally it will be 50% - 100% upvotes directed at Steemians in Japan who are 55 or lower. I did something similar to this in the past as well. Now many of those users are well over 55 and doing quite well, but I will continue to support them, albeit with smaller percentages.

Back to the meeting. We first met at a small cafe in Shinjuku. The agenda was set by Hive account@steemitjp with each of us contributing, taking notes and fine tuning ideas. It was extremely productive, but as an advisor I will let one of the other leaders describe the details. I can honestly say though that the Japanese community will explode by this summer with everyone working together.

After the brainstorming meeting we met up with another steemian, Hive account@maneki-neko whom I had spoke with the day before. He is in Tokyo for 3 months practicing jiu-jitsu, doing Dtube videos and just enjoying the city. He took us to Nico China, a "1 coin" Italian restaurant. If you come to Japan you may hear that phrase, "1 coin" which means something costs ５００円 or about $5.

It was quite funny because as we arrived at the restaurant everyone whipped out their phones and started taking pictures. We had a good laugh about it as each of us took our shots.

Both Hive account@maneki-neko and Hive account@yoshiko did posts about it as well, but here is my take. It's a great place for foreigners looking to get a cheap bite to eat. Happy hour runs until 7pm so you can start here without breaking the bank. The food was pretty good for $5.00. The appetizer of rolls and sweet, garlic butter was surprisingly delicious.

The highlight for me was a "Mexican Pizza". It was pepperoni with jalapeños, an awesome combination that we've been eating in California for a long time.

After we all said our goodbyes Hive account@steemitjp took me to one of his yakitori spots on the other side of the station at Shinjuku Omoide Yokocho.

This is a small street of izakaya and yakitori shops and a great tourist spot. We continued to eat some great yakitori, drink and talk about the Japanese community.

We'll do our best, but we know there are already some great leaders here like Hive account@yoshiko and Hive account@moromaro that will push the community forward even without our support. Check Hive account@steemi-jp and www.steemitjp.com for updates on what is going on with Steemit in Japan. And for any whales reading, the community could use more SP delegations!